> In my opinion lowering the time limit just forces players (human and > computer) towards random play. I am sure there exists a time limit > where a random playing program can beat Lee Chang-Ho 50% of the time.
At one of the FOST tournaments I watched a top 9-dan pro play a program; the program was one of the weaker ones but it played very quickly. The pro matched the speed, certainly making each of his moves in less than a second. After 200 or so moves the programmer resigned on behalf of his program to prevent any more slaughter. My point being that a top pro will find a high quality move in the time it takes him to move the mouse from one side of the board to the other. Darren _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
